Clinton, in Mexico, Seeks Agenda
To Put Senate Trial Behind Him

By

Jeanne Cummings and

David Rogers Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Feb. 16, 1999 3:10 a.m. ET

MERIDA, Mexico -- Three days after his acquittal by the Senate, President Clinton chose the pageantry of an international stage and a chronic domestic issue to signal that he is putting impeachment behind him.

Under a brilliant sky on the Yucatan Peninsula, he and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo signed several accords, including one aimed at reducing the flow of illegal drugs through Mexico to the U.S. But residual bitterness from the impeachment trial that ended Friday isn't likely to subside quickly: Even the...